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Some TV couples look like they’re made for each other, but behind the romance lies drama, manipulation, and all the red flags you can imagine! From hidden secrets and betrayals to co-dependency and emotional games, these on-screen pairs teach us what not to look for in a relationship. Which TV duo do you think sets the worst example for true love? Sound off in the comments!
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00:00What are you doing?
00:04Finally, facing the truth.
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the couples who might seem perfect on paper,
00:11but bring out the worst in each other.
00:13Please tell me Jack was lying.
00:16You wouldn't betray me like that.
00:17You'd betray you.
00:20Number 20. Diane Chambers and Sam Malone.
00:23Cheers. When the show begins, we're hoping these two end up together.
00:26By the finale, though, we're breathing a sigh of relief that it never happened.
00:29Despite being polar opposites, the chemistry between Sam and Diane is unmatched,
00:34but while that makes for great TV, there was no way they were ever gonna last.
00:37Always at each other's throats, their entire relationship is built on tension and mutual antagonism.
00:43You disgust me. I hate you.
00:45Are you as turned on as I am?
00:47More.
00:50Sure, the sparks are there, but their attraction is defined by conflict and fantasy, not love.
00:55If there was ever any doubt, their explosive season 2 breakup shows just how toxic they are.
01:00Fortunately, in the end, Cheers chose realism over Happily Ever After,
01:04acknowledging that Diane and Sam were never meant to be.
01:07We're always gone with our feelings.
01:09Yeah.
01:12Are these your feelings?
01:14Yes, they are.
01:16Number 19. All the Couples.
01:18Glee.
01:18The show may look bright and colorful, but just about every Glee romance is rotten to the core.
01:23Whether it's Finn and Rachel's constant guilt tripping,
01:25Kurt and Blaine's lies, cheating, and melodrama,
01:28or Santana and Brittany's unhealthy codependency,
01:30Glee pretty much teaches us how not to be in relationships.
01:34I haven't been a good girlfriend to you.
01:36I can't come home on the weekends and
01:37pretend that things are the way they were because they aren't.
01:41We might forgive their immaturity as high school growing pains,
01:44yet the characters keep behaving the same way well into adulthood.
01:47If that wasn't bad enough,
01:49Will's poisonous love triangle with Terry and Emma unfolds in all the worst ways possible.
01:54The show lazily blows through all these issues by the end,
01:57ignoring the many years of trauma each character put their significant other through.
02:01Oh, I love you guys so much.
02:02You're gonna be the most amazing dads.
02:04I can't wait for that.
02:05Oh, here's my husband.
02:07Because I'm ready to get started on a little co-production of our own.
02:10So romantic.
02:12Number 18. Olivia Pope and Fitzgrant.
02:15Scandal.
02:15These two don't just gaslight each other.
02:17They gaslight us into believing they're worth rooting for.
02:20Falling for a married man is never a good idea.
02:22But Fitz isn't just any man.
02:24He is the President of the United States.
02:26If you're not lying,
02:28if there's hope,
02:28then come over here right now and prove it to me.
02:31You know I can't do that.
02:32Why?
02:33Is it with the White House?
02:35It's not a problem.
02:36I have people who will sweep you in here and erase your presence in a matter of minutes.
02:40I'm very powerful, you know.
02:42Some women would find that a turn on.
02:44Their relationship is never easy,
02:46from fiery screaming matches to tearful ultimatums.
02:49While fans equate their volatile affair as raging passion,
02:52their dynamic is deeply problematic from the get-go.
02:54He controls her through emotional manipulation and grand declarations of love,
02:59while she spirals into a cycle of self-destructive habits.
03:02Is it hot and passionate?
03:03Absolutely.
03:04Should it be glorified as true love?
03:06Absolutely not.
03:07You stand there and you think about what I have been doing
03:11and about everything I have ever told you.
03:16And you tell me who wouldn't run.
03:19Number 17.
03:20Peyton Sawyer and Lucas Scott.
03:22One Tree Hill.
03:23When it comes to Peyton,
03:24Lucas has zero loyalty towards anyone else.
03:27Although branded as the good guy of Tree Hill,
03:29Lucas sheds all morality the moment Peyton's in the picture.
03:32And yet the pair cannot figure out what they want when they're together.
03:35What do you want from me?
03:37I fly to LA.
03:39I asked you to marry me.
03:39You said no, so I moved on.
03:43Why haven't you?
03:45Ironically, their romance burns brightest when either one is taken.
03:48Stuck in an emotional tug of war,
03:50they leave a trail of broken hearts and damaged friendships along the way,
03:53only fully committing years later.
03:55The show portrays them as soulmates,
03:57but their happy ending arrives on the heels of questionable decisions,
04:01betrayals, and a total lack of accountability.
04:03Take a ride with me, Peyton Sawyer.
04:07Don't you mean Peyton Scott?
04:13Number 16.
04:14Serena Vanderwoodsen and Dan Humphrey.
04:16Gossip Girl.
04:17A relationship based on bitterness and hostility sounds like a recipe for disaster.
04:21Still, Dan and Serena are portrayed as Gossip Girl's it couple.
04:25So you'll pick me up at eight?
04:29You really go out with some guy you don't know?
04:32He starts off mainly interested in her image and social standing,
04:35then spends their entire relationship resenting her for it.
04:38Doesn't help that he hooks up with both her best friend and her sworn enemy along the way.
04:42Meanwhile, Serena strings him along like her safety net,
04:45putting her own needs first and undermining his problems.
04:48Oh, and there's the little fact that he's Gossip Girl all along,
04:52actively stalking and humiliating his own girlfriend the whole time.
04:55Dan and Serena ending up together makes no sense,
04:58but then again, neither does their relationship.
05:00I should drink.
05:02Me too.
05:03A vodka on the rocks.
05:05Big glass, not too many rocks.
05:07Three olives.
05:09Number 15.
05:10Christina Yang and Owen Hunt.
05:12Grey's Anatomy.
05:13What do you get when you pair an unapologetically career-oriented woman
05:16with a so-called nice guy who wants everything his way?
05:19A relationship that's doomed from the start, that's what.
05:21Why are you staring at me?
05:23Well, I'm weighing how upset you are and if I want to get into this.
05:26You do.
05:26You want to get into this with me.
05:28I'm tired and it's late.
05:28That's the point.
05:29It's always late and it shouldn't be.
05:32And you should want to get into it with me, but you don't.
05:34I mean, where are you?
05:36Christina knows exactly what she wants,
05:38while Owen keeps second-guessing himself.
05:40He's too emotionally invested while she's distant and detached.
05:43Despite undeniable chemistry,
05:45their relationship devolves into power struggles and blame games,
05:48leaving us wondering why they're still together.
05:50Maybe because, deep down, we're just asking for trouble.
05:56Their romance proves that natural chemistry is not enough
05:59when both partners want completely different things.
06:02Although they had their moments,
06:04the pair ultimately dragged each other down for years
06:06over a relationship whose foundation was shaky at best.
06:09Christine, you don't know what I want in my life.
06:12Am I enough, Owen?
06:15Do you really believe I'll be enough?
06:18You're my end and my beginning
06:21Even when I lose, I'm winning
06:25Cause I give you all
06:27Danny and Mindy's flirty banter instantly warms them up to fans,
06:36only for reality to hit them hard and fast.
06:39He keeps trying to mold Mindy into his image of the ideal partner,
06:42guilt-tripping her into becoming a full-time mother
06:44and asking her to abandon her career.
06:47I never wanted kids before I met you
06:49and you made me be the kind of guy that does
06:50and now all of a sudden, that's a bad thing?
06:52No, it's not a bad thing, Danny.
06:54It is fine for you to want kids.
06:56That's what I also wanted.
06:58Despite being with someone unwilling to compromise,
07:00Mindy keeps trying to win Danny's approval,
07:02existing in a toxic bubble of repressed animosity.
07:05The distance between them grows
07:07through a combination of passive aggression and miscommunication.
07:10Although the show ultimately pushes them back together,
07:12it's clear that somewhere along the way,
07:14Danny and Mindy simply outgrew each other.
07:17Are you going to change your last name?
07:18Because I'm not doing one of those joint names.
07:20I'm not doing that.
07:21I...
07:22Can...
07:23Can we just watch TV?
07:26We have the rest of our lives to argue.
07:29Yeah.
07:32Yeah, let's watch TV.
07:33Number 13.
07:35Rory Gilmore and Dean Forrester.
07:36Gilmore Girls.
07:37Among the earliest shows to popularize shipping culture,
07:41the Gilmore Girls fandom remains split between Team Dean,
07:44Team Jess, and Team Logan.
07:45While Dean was Rory's first love,
07:47their relationship has not aged well.
07:50You told me you were doing laundry tonight.
07:51I was.
07:51And now you are here with Jess.
07:53And Paris.
07:54Jess, Rory.
07:55Well, I swear, I didn't...
07:57You didn't what?
07:57You didn't know he was coming over?
07:58I didn't.
07:59And you also didn't know he was going to stay, right?
08:01It just happened.
08:01How does that just happen?
08:03Insecure and possessive,
08:04Dean's immaturity ruins their connection the first time around.
08:07It doesn't get better with time.
08:09Rory escalates their dysfunctional dynamic,
08:11having an affair with him while he's married to someone else.
08:14To make things worse,
08:15she originally catches feelings for Jess while still dating Dean.
08:18It was only a matter of time before their on-again, off-again cycle blew up.
08:22So it's best for everyone when the pair finally go their separate ways.
08:25What am I doing here, Rory?
08:27You're picking me up.
08:30I don't belong here.
08:34Not anymore.
08:36Number 12.
08:37Penny and Leonard Hofstadter.
08:39The Big Bang Theory.
08:40From the very first episode,
08:41Penny and Leonard are built up as the Big Bang Theory's central romance.
08:45Beginning as a classic opposites attract story,
08:47their relationship buckles under pressure the longer they hold on.
08:50Tell me what to do and I'll do it.
08:54No.
08:56This isn't fair to you, Leonard.
08:57I'm sorry.
08:58Leonard's need for validation and emotional stability
09:01clashes with Penny's fear of commitment and self-doubt.
09:04Whereas he hopes to build a life together,
09:06she values freedom and independence.
09:08And so the pair continues to ignore obvious red flags.
09:11How could you not tell me that?
09:13I wanted to tell you in the car,
09:14but you told me to stop talking.
09:16Oh, okay.
09:16So you're saying this is my fault?
09:17No, of course not.
09:19Okay, look.
09:21Instead of fighting,
09:22why don't we dim the lights,
09:24get naked and make a baby?
09:27After spending the first half of the series falling in and out of love,
09:31they settle for a marriage that hangs by a thread.
09:33Sure, the show gives them a quick fix and a feel-good ending,
09:36but the deeper issues in their relationship are never truly resolved.
09:39Excuse me, if I recall,
09:41you're the one who went out drinking with Sheldon
09:43and then came home and attacked me.
09:44Well, attacked you?
09:45I said, do you wanna?
09:47Yeah.
09:49I was helpless.
09:51Number 11, Robin Scherbatsky and Ted Mosby,
09:54How I Met Your Mother.
09:55Don't be fooled by the title,
09:56because for much of its run,
09:57How I Met Your Mother revolves around the drawn-out drama
09:59between Ted and Robin.
10:01Though the first season hints at a meaningful connection,
10:03their disastrous relationship confirms
10:05that they are fundamentally incompatible.
10:07Still, Ted spends years hopelessly pining after her,
10:11sabotaging their collective love lives in the process.
10:13As long as the door is even a little bit open,
10:15I have this feeling that I'll just be
10:17waiting around to see if I win the lottery when you turn 40.
10:21While the show insists they are meant for each other,
10:23their romance always feels forced and unconvincing,
10:26especially compared to her natural chemistry with Barney.
10:29After nine seasons of seeing why Ted and Robin just don't work,
10:33watching them back together in the finale
10:34honestly feels like being on the losing end of a slap bet
10:37that we never agreed to.
10:49Number 10.
10:50Piper Chapman and Alex Voss.
10:52Orange is the new black.
10:53What did they give you?
10:55Time off for every innocent person that you threw under the bus?
10:58It's not a good sign when your fights end in jail time.
11:01While Alex is the reason Piper's in prison
11:03at the start of the series,
11:04Piper is no innocent herself.
11:07During their on-and-off relationship,
11:08they either cheat on each other or with each other,
11:11rekindling their romance while Piper is still engaged to Larry.
11:15This kind of behavior is bad enough,
11:17but the two also go to great lengths
11:18to extend each other's jail times for their own petty reasons.
11:22They weren't 100% loyal following their prison marriage
11:25in the season 6 finale either,
11:27though they did choose each other in the end.
11:29Number 9.
11:35Ross Geller and Rachel Green.
11:37Friends.
11:38I cannot keep having the same fight over and over again, Ross.
11:42One of the most iconic couples of the 90s,
11:44Ross and Rachel have undeniable chemistry,
11:47but that doesn't stop some fans from pointing out their shortcomings.
11:51Ross' jealousy of Rachel's co-worker Mark
11:53leads to the infamous we-were-on-a-break situation,
11:55and Rachel later uses Mark to get back at Ross.
11:59For much of the series,
12:00the pair does everything they can
12:02to sabotage each other's relationships,
12:04with Rachel even traveling to London to stop Ross' wedding.
12:08At first, not even having a kid together
12:10could force them to work through their problems,
12:12making us ask ourselves
12:13if Rachel should have taken that plane to Paris after all.
12:16I got off the plane.
12:20Number 8.
12:21Aria Montgomery and Ezra Fitz.
12:24Pretty Little Liars.
12:25There's just something appealing about a forbidden romance,
12:29and these two seem to tick all the right boxes for it.
12:32Because Ezra is Aria's teacher,
12:35the pair has to dodge the suspicions of her classmates
12:37and face the wrath of her family to stay together.
12:40Later in the show, however,
12:42we find out that not only does Ezra have a child,
12:45or at least believe he does,
12:46which he's kept secret,
12:48but also that he was using Aria in the beginning
12:50to write a book about Allison's murder.
12:52Aria, please just listen to me.
12:53Nothing you say will change anything!
12:56The pair continues to have an on-again, off-again romance
12:58till the end of the series,
12:59but many fans just couldn't look at them the same way after that.
13:03Ezra, we really did it.
13:04Yeah, we did.
13:07Number 7.
13:08People have been rooting for these two ever since their first meeting.
13:16Elena brings out Damon's better side over the series,
13:19and the pair shares many intense moments.
13:21But a lot of that happens while Elena is in a happy relationship with his brother Stefan.
13:25After Elena becomes a vampire herself,
13:28Damon pushes her to embrace it,
13:30whereas Stefan wants to restore her humanity.
13:32Romantically,
13:34their relationship is complicated at the best of times
13:36thanks to their sire bond,
13:38the ghosts of Damon's past,
13:39and growing codependence.
13:42While they do acknowledge the toxic nature of their relationship,
13:45that doesn't stop their destructive behavior over the series.
13:48Listen to us.
13:49This is toxic.
13:50We are in a toxic relationship.
13:52Number 6.
13:52Kara Zor-El and Mon-El, Supergirl.
13:55This goes against everything we stand for.
13:58Um, everything you stand for.
14:00Opposites often attract,
14:02but don't always make an ideal couple.
14:04When the two first meet,
14:06Mon-El is just a super-powered boy,
14:08standing in front of a super-powered girl,
14:09and asking,
14:10where the heck had he crash-landed?
14:12There are problems with their pairing from the start,
14:15with Mon-El lying about his real royal identity,
14:18and only doing good deeds to impress her.
14:26His admission that his life was easier when he objectified women
14:30wasn't exactly a selling point, either.
14:32Although Mon-El mends his ways,
14:34it's all too much for Kara,
14:35who doesn't allow her strong feelings for him to cloud her judgment.
14:39You were reckless, selfish, you lied,
14:42and you didn't apologize.
14:44Number 5.
14:45Buffy Summers and Spike.
14:47Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
14:48Afraid I'm gonna...
14:50This choice might cause controversy,
14:53as the debate about which vampire is the best match for Buffy continues even today.
14:58While Buffy and Spike's chemistry is groundbreaking, literally,
15:02their pairing is problematic from the start,
15:04with Spike building himself a Buffy-bot and a creepy shrine.
15:08When Buffy falls into depression after coming back from the dead,
15:11the two start a secret, mutually destructive relationship
15:14that ends with the most infamous scene in the show's history.
15:17Horrified at himself,
15:19Spike travels to Africa to get his soul back,
15:21but while Buffy forgives him,
15:23it's safe to say there's too much damage done
15:25to ever look at this couple the same way.
15:27Buffy.
15:29Number 4.
15:30Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl.
15:33I love you.
15:35These devious schemers are beloved by fans,
15:38but a lot of their actions are concerning, to say the least.
15:41Shortly after they get together,
15:43Chuck pimps Blair out to his uncle in exchange for a hotel,
15:46ending their romance.
15:48Neither can move on,
15:49so they resort to sabotaging each other's relationships,
15:52which reaches a breaking point
15:54when Chuck physically attacks Blair
15:55after she announces her engagement to Louie.
15:58The episode is easily the most controversial one in the whole show,
16:01and while Chuck makes a huge effort to become a better person
16:03in order to be with Blair,
16:05some things just can't be forgotten.
16:09Number 3.
16:10Rumpelstiltskin and Belle, Once Upon a Time.
16:13You're a coward, Rumpelstiltskin.
16:16A list about problematic relationships wouldn't be complete
16:19without some beauty and the beast.
16:20What starts as a different take on their romance turns toxic,
16:24when Rumpel can't seem to let go of his dark one side.
16:27He goes so far as to trick Belle into thinking she has control of his magical dagger,
16:31a lie that leads her to banish him from Storybrooke.
16:34I lost my way, trying to help you find yourself not anymore.
16:40Even that isn't enough for Rumpel to learn from his mistakes,
16:43since he betrays Belle yet again after she forgives him.
16:47With such a turn of events,
16:48we can't help but wish this story remained only a Disney film.
16:51You will come back to me.
16:55Threats won't make me love you again, Rumpel.
16:58Number 2.
16:59Tate Langdon and Violet Harmon, American Horror Story.
17:03If you love someone, you should never hurt them.
17:06Never.
17:06Right?
17:07There are twisted love stories, and then there's this one.
17:10While Violet and her ghost love interest Tate connect through the problems they share in common,
17:14things take a turn for the worse when Violet learns that Tate died after committing a school shooting,
17:19and didn't tell her.
17:20He then tries to convince her to take her own life to be with him forever,
17:24having hidden the fact that she's already dead.
17:26You're attracted to the darkness.
17:30But Tate, you are the darkness.
17:31As if that's not messed up enough,
17:34he pretends to be Violet's father and impregnates her mother with the Antichrist.
17:39The apocalypse season blames the murder house itself for Tate's actions,
17:42but that doesn't exactly make their relationship healthy.
17:45I love you, Tate.
17:48But I can't forgive you.
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18:07Number 1.
18:08Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City.
18:11So what have you been doing lately?
18:14You mean besides going out every night?
18:15It was obvious from the very first episode that these two would be the alpha couple.
18:20However, none of us knew how difficult their romance would be.
18:23Big is emotionally unavailable thanks to past disappointments,
18:26and Carrie is impatient and insecure, leading to multiple breakups.
18:31Don't call me ever again.
18:33Forget you know my number.
18:34In fact, forget you know my name.
18:36When Big marries just a few months into a new relationship,
18:40he initiates an affair with Carrie, who's also cheating on her partner.
18:44Big only seems to want Carrie when she's unavailable,
18:47and even changes his mind on their wedding day.
18:49The pair may have ultimately married,
18:51but this is one relationship that's just too much stress and drama
18:54to ever be on our couple's goals list.
18:56It's just going to be you and me.
18:59Every night.
19:00For the rest of our lives.
19:02And I think that we are going
19:04to have to work on the sparkle
19:07for the rest of our lives.
19:11Sparkle.
19:12Got it.
19:14Which TV couple do you think is toxic AF?
19:16Let us know in the comments.
19:17Now come on.
19:18Try to have fun.
19:19Talk.
19:20Mingle.
19:20I don't want to talk to anybody else.
19:22I don't like anybody else.
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